The local authorityArchive · §01 Composition · 76 seats across 48 wards
Councillors of Dorset.
Every current seat-holder, derived from the latest scheduled elections per ward. By-elections aren’t overlaid on this baseline yet — a few seats may show the pre-by-election holder. Back to the council page.
All 76 current seat-holders · 76 seats across 48 wards
LD 37Con 29Grn 4Ind 3Lab 2Ind 1
| Councillor | Ward | Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jane Somper | Con | Beacon | 2 May 2024 |
| Craig Monks | Con | Beaminster | 2 May 2024 |
| Stephen Murcer | Con | Blackmore Vale | 2 May 2024 |
| Byron Robert Quayle | Con | Blandford | 2 May 2024 |
| Noc Lacey-Clarke | Con | Blandford | 2 May 2024 |
| Jill Haynes | Con | Chalk Valleys | 2 May 2024 |
| David Taylor | LD | Charminster St Marys | 2 May 2024 |
| Gill Taylor | LD | Chickerell | 2 May 2024 |
| Simon Arthur Dewi Clifford | LD | Chickerell | 2 May 2024 |
| Andrew Todd | LD | Colehill Wimborne Minster East | 2 May 2024 |
| Jindy Atwal | LD | Colehill Wimborne Minster East | 2 May 2024 |
| Duncan Sowry-House | LD | Corfe Mullen | 2 May 2024 |
| Scott Florek | LD | Corfe Mullen | 2 May 2024 |
| Dave Tooke | LD | Cranborne Alderholt | 2 May 2024 |
| Piers Brown | Con | Cranborne Chase | 2 May 2024 |
| Nick Ireland | LD | Crossways | 2 May 2024 |
| Rory Major | LD | Dorchester East | 2 May 2024 |
| Stella Jones | LD | Dorchester East | 2 May 2024 |
| Richard Martin Biggs | LD | Dorchester Poundbury | 2 May 2024 |
| Andy Canning | LD | Dorchester West | 2 May 2024 |
| Les Fry | Ind | Dorchester West | 2 May 2024 |
| Cathy Lugg | Con | Ferndown North | 2 May 2024 |
| Mike Parkes | Con | Ferndown North | 2 May 2024 |
| Hannah Hobbs-Chell | Ind | Ferndown South | 2 May 2024 |
| Julie Lorraine Robinson | Con | Ferndown South | 2 May 2024 |
| Belinda Brenda Louise Ridout | Con | Gillingham | 2 May 2024 |
| Carl Anthony Woode | LD | Gillingham | 2 May 2024 |
| Val Pothecary | Con | Gillingham | 2 May 2024 |
| Sherry Jespersen | Con | Hill Forts Upper Tarrants | 2 May 2024 |
| Louie James O'Leary | Con | Littlemoor Preston | 2 May 2024 |
| Peter Dickenson | Con | Littlemoor Preston | 2 May 2024 |
| Belinda Bawden | Grn | Lyme Charmouth | 2 May 2024 |
| Alex Brenton | LD | Lytchett Matravers Upton | 2 May 2024 |
| Andrew James Starr | LD | Lytchett Matravers Upton | 2 May 2024 |
| Steve Robinson | LD | Lytchett Matravers Upton | 2 May 2024 |
| Jon Orrell | Grn | Melcombe Regis | 2 May 2024 |
| Paul Ralph Kimber | Lab | Portland | 2 May 2024 |
| Pete Roper | Ind | Portland | 2 May 2024 |
| Rob Hughes | Ind | Portland | 2 May 2024 |
| Emma Jayne Parker | Con | Puddletown Lower Winterborne | 2 May 2024 |
| Louise Bown | LD | Radipole | 2 May 2024 |
| Matt Bell | LD | Radipole | 2 May 2024 |
| Clare Sutton | Grn | Rodwell Wyke | 2 May 2024 |
| Claudia Lucienne Webb | Grn | Rodwell Wyke | 2 May 2024 |
| Kate Wheller | Lab | Rodwell Wyke | 2 May 2024 |
| Derek Leslie Beer | LD | Shaftesbury Town | 2 May 2024 |
| Jack David John Jeanes | LD | Shaftesbury Town | 2 May 2024 |
| Jon Andrews | LD | Sherborne East | 2 May 2024 |
| Robin Andrew Shane Legg | LD | Sherborne Rural | 2 May 2024 |
| Richard Henry Geoffrey Crabb | LD | Sherborne West | 2 May 2024 |
| Ben Wilson | LD | South East Purbeck | 2 May 2024 |
| James Charles Vitali | Con | Stalbridge Marnhull | 2 May 2024 |
| Barry Peter Goringe | Con | St Leonards St Ives | 2 May 2024 |
| Ray Bryan | Con | St Leonards St Ives | 2 May 2024 |
| Will Chakawhata | LD | Stour Allen Vale | 2 May 2024 |
| Carole Yvonne Jones | Con | Sturminster Newton | 2 May 2024 |
| Gary Maurice Suttle | Con | Swanage | 2 May 2024 |
| William Stanley Trite | Con | Swanage | 2 May 2024 |
| David James Northam | LD | Upwey Broadwey | 2 May 2024 |
| Simon Gibson | Con | Verwood | 2 May 2024 |
| Spencer Grant Flower | Con | Verwood | 2 May 2024 |
| Toni Bartley Coombs | Con | Verwood | 2 May 2024 |
| Beryl Rita Ezzard | LD | Wareham | 2 May 2024 |
| Ryan David Holloway | LD | Wareham | 2 May 2024 |
| Alex Fuhrmann | LD | Westham | 2 May 2024 |
| Ryan Dean Hope | LD | Westham | 2 May 2024 |
| Andy Skeats | Con | West Moors Three Legged Cross | 2 May 2024 |
| David Shortell | Con | West Moors Three Legged Cross | 2 May 2024 |
| Andrew Charles Parry | Con | West Parley | 2 May 2024 |
| Laura Jane Beddow | Con | West Purbeck | 2 May 2024 |
| Michael John Baker | LD | West Purbeck | 2 May 2024 |
| David Morgan | LD | Wimborne Minster | 2 May 2024 |
| Shane Bartlett | LD | Wimborne Minster | 2 May 2024 |
| Roland Tarr | LD | Winterborne Broadmayne | 2 May 2024 |
| Barrie George Cooper | LD | Winterborne North | 2 May 2024 |
| Chris Kippax | LD | Yetminster | 2 May 2024 |
Sources
SourceDemocracy Club (live)
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (historic)
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (historic)
MethodFor each ward, the latest K winners across scheduled elections, where K is the max winners that ward has ever returned in a single scheduled election.
CaveatBy-elections aren’t yet overlaid. Composition tally and per-seat identity may differ from current reality for wards with a recent by-election.